Bangalore: A doctor treating the ATM attack victim, Jyothi Udaykumar (38), has said though she is showing signs of improvement, she will remain paralysed for 5-6 months before making any recovery.
The Chief Neurosurgeon of BGS Global Hospitals, Dr N. K. Venkataramana, said this is due to the severe impact she suffered during the assault. Jyothi was attacked on Tuesday by an unidentified assailant at an ATM kiosk near Corporation Circle in broad daylight.
“Right now medical management with drugs, rehabilitation and physiotherapy is the only required treatment. She is improving and her vital parameters are much better as on Thursday, compared with the time she was brought in on Tuesday night. As of now, there is no requirement for yet another surgery. As far as her paralysis is concerned, it will take some 5-6 months to heal.
“She was hit hard on her brain and the blood loss was copious, before she was rushed to the hospital. This has aggravated her paralysis. She is not able to move her right hand as well as her right leg. However, at the moment the patient is conscious and is speaking.”
As soon as Jyothi was brought to BGS Global Hospital she was examined thoroughly at the emergency unit. “She had to undergo a major neuro-surgical operation on Tuesday as some bone fragments had entered her brain. The fragments were removed, the brain coverings were repaired and the fractured skull bones were reset," Dr Venkataramana said.
Later Jyothi had to undergo yet another surgery for the reconstruction of her nose and the cuts on both her cheeks, which was done by the plastic surgery unit of the hospital.
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Police set Nov 24 deadline for guards
Bangalore: Meanwhile, city police commissioner Raghavendra H. Auradkar has set strict guidelines for bank authorities across the city by instructing that they station round-the-clock security guards outside their ATM kiosks before 4 pm on November 24, failing which the kiosk(s) would be shut down.
State police chief Lalrokhuma Pachau said the suspect has been identified, and that police are making efforts to nab him at the earliest. He also said that police officers across the state had carried out a census of ATM kiosks recently, and it was found that there was a proliferation of ATMs of across Bangalore, several of which had no security guards.
“Following the census report, the station house officer (SHO) of each police station was instructed to know the number of ATMs in their jurisdiction, and also know the number of kiosks belonging to each bank,” he added.
